Air France is unveiling exceptional new menus specially created for its customers, available in its airport lounges and on board its flights departing from Paris. Triple Michelin-starred chef Jérôme Banctel is the latest chef to join the prestigious Air France team, alongside Nina Métayer, Glenn Viel, Philippe Rigollot, Frédéric Simonin, Michel Roth, Josselin Marie and Alain Ducasse and his teams.
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To create these menus showcasing French fine dining, the chefs work together with Servair, the world leader in in-flight catering, using fresh, local produce that varies according to the season. In a responsible approach, the meat, poultry, milk products and eggs on each menu are of French origin, and the fish sourced from sustainable fisheries. Vegetarian menus are also systematically available in all airport lounges and on board all the airline’s flights.
Triple Michelin-starred chef Jérôme Banctel in the long-haul Business cabin
On departure from Paris, for the first time, Air France is entrusting chef Jérôme Banctel with the dishes on the menu available in the long-haul Business cabin. Awarded three Michelin stars in 2024, the chef draws inspiration from his native Brittany in creating dishes to be enjoyed all over the world. For Air France, he uses produce evocative of his childhood, enhanced by his own special culinary signature; delicious sauces, without butter or cream. Chicken, buttermilk sauce, buckwheat risotto and parsley oil, and haddock, lightly spiced carrot sauce, carrot variations with orange and ginger feature among his ten dishes to be enjoyed over the next eight months.
“I wanted to offer travellers a glimpse of my cuisine, a blend of gourmet delicacy and unexpected flavours”, stated Jérôme Banctel.
As for desserts, Nina Métayer will continue working with Air France as part of the partnership initiated in April 2024. Crowned World Pastry Chef 2023, she will be signing a selection of gourmet yet light pastries, including a crunchy hazelnut and caramel pleasure, and the mango coconut slice with a hint of lime.
In the Premium cabin, the one-starred chef Frédéric Simonin continues to delight Air France customers as part of an on-going partnership initiated with the company in 2023. A perfectionist at heart, he has created a new series of dishes prepared with the greatest respect for the products chosen.
Menus signed by talented chefs in all Air France’s Paris airport lounges
Air France also cultivates its art of fine dining for customers in all its long-haul lounges. In the La Première lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Alain Ducasse, the world’s most starred chef, and his teams, create exceptional dishes. The prestigious menu includes the chef’s famous coquillettes with ham and black truffle and his rum or Armagnac baba, just like in Monte Carlo. The Ducasse Paris teams have also developed new dishes to be enjoyed in the long-haul lounges in terminal 2E (halls K, L and M). Customers can notably enjoy the “Burgal” signed by Ducasse Paris, a fully veggie, healthy and locally-sourced alternative to the traditional hamburger made from locally produced French cereals and vegetables. And at Paris-Orly, in the international lounge located in terminal 3, customers can discover the refined cuisine of Jérôme Banctel, whose dishes are regularly renewed in line with the seasons.
